Thousands of the red-clad United Front for Democracy againstDictatorship (UDD) members on Sept. 18 gathered at the DemocracyMonument in capital Bangkok city to commemorate the fifth anniversary ofthe Sept. 19, 2006 coup.
Some 1,300 policemen from BangkokMetropolitan Police and related authorities were deployed around therally site from 3 pm of Sept. 18 since early morning of the next day.
The “Bangkok Post” the same day quoted Thanet Abhornsuvan, a formerThammasat University history professor as saying public opinion hasturned strongly against the 2006 coup in the five years since it washeld.
"Anti-coup sentiment has never been as strong," said Thanet Abhornsuvan.
Inanother happening, in a document sent to the new Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra on Sept. 16, the Truth for ReconciliationCommission of Thailand, which was set up by the previous government in2010 after the worst political violence in decades, urged the country tohalt and review all trials connected to political conflict since beforea 2006 coup.
According to observers, the commission’s opinionmay directly affect the fate of a number of people of the“yellow-shirts”, but would work in the “red-shirts”’ favour./.
Some 1,300 policemen from BangkokMetropolitan Police and related authorities were deployed around therally site from 3 pm of Sept. 18 since early morning of the next day.
The “Bangkok Post” the same day quoted Thanet Abhornsuvan, a formerThammasat University history professor as saying public opinion hasturned strongly against the 2006 coup in the five years since it washeld.
"Anti-coup sentiment has never been as strong," said Thanet Abhornsuvan.
Inanother happening, in a document sent to the new Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra on Sept. 16, the Truth for ReconciliationCommission of Thailand, which was set up by the previous government in2010 after the worst political violence in decades, urged the country tohalt and review all trials connected to political conflict since beforea 2006 coup.
According to observers, the commission’s opinionmay directly affect the fate of a number of people of the“yellow-shirts”, but would work in the “red-shirts”’ favour./.
